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The Top 40

108,862 albums ranked. Not a record of investment dressed up as a record of merit — the Groove measures what is true and says so, identically for a household name and for a band nobody has heard of. How it works

No. 1

Harvest

Neil Young · Warner Bros. Records · 1972
2,621.940
Why this number?

heard and loved beloved, less heard widely heard. Every chart on earth measures reach and calls it merit. This one separates them.

The Top 40 · 108,862 albums ranked
2 Plastic Beach Gorillaz · Parlophone · 2010 2,200.500
3 Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes · Sub Pop Records · 2008 2,103.960
4 Lonerism Tame Impala · Modular Recordings · 2012 1,609.200
5 Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin · Swan Song · 1975 1,483.200
6 Remain in Light Talking Heads · Sire Records · 1980 1,396.850
7 Merriweather Post Pavilion Animal Collective · Domino · 2009 1,361.700
8 Glass Houses Billy Joel · CBS · 1980 1,331.200
9 Faith George Michael · Epic · 1987 1,330.490
10 Midnight Marauders A Tribe Called Quest · Jive · 1993 1,305.660
11 Helplessness Blues Fleet Foxes · Sub Pop Records · 2011 1,275.300
12 Aladdin Sane David Bowie · RCA Victor · 1973 1,274.240
13 Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young · 1979 1,271.600
14 The Pearl Sessions Janis Joplin · Columbia · 2012 1,263.100
15 Brothers and Sisters The Allman Brothers Band · Capricorn Records · 1973 1,245.000
16 Outlandos d’Amour The Police · A&M Records · 1978 1,236.060
17 Heartbeat City The Cars · Elektra · 1984 1,233.280
18 Speaking in Tongues Talking Heads · Sire Records · 1983 1,210.000
19 Drukqs Aphex Twin · Warp · 2001 1,197.840
20 Zenyattà Mondatta The Police · A&M Records · 1980 1,197.640
21 Music Has the Right to Children Boards of Canada · Warp · 1998 1,175.150
22 Geogaddi Boards of Canada · Warp · 2002 1,161.450
23 Humbug Arctic Monkeys · Domino · 2009 1,122.880
24 Damn the Torpedoes Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers · Backstreet Records · 1979 1,109.680
25 Disintegration The Cure · Elektra · 1989 1,099.800
26 Around the World in a Day Prince · Paisley Park · 1985 1,092.690
27 Talking Heads: 77 Talking Heads · Sire Records · 1977 1,079.760
28 Fly Like an Eagle Steve Miller Band · Mercury Records · 1976 1,076.510
29 Stronger Than Pride Sade · Epic · 1988 1,068.980
30 Dare The Human League · Virgin · 1981 1,045.800
31 The Kick Inside Kate Bush · EMI · 1978 1,019.960
32 Pretzel Logic Steely Dan · ABC Records · 1974 986.000
33 Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears · CBS · 1968 984.360
34 The Infamous… Mobb Deep · RCA · 1995 981.350
35 Scoundrel Days a‐ha · Warner Bros. Records · 1986 980.390
36 Still Crazy After All These Years Paul Simon · Columbia · 1975 974.430
37 Floodland The Sisters of Mercy · Merciful Release · 1987 960.080
38 Point of Know Return Kansas · Kirshner · 1977 955.900
39 Room on Fire The Strokes · RCA · 2003 955.860
40 Let England Shake PJ Harvey · Island · 2011 941.620
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